A thrilling classic: Barcelona comes from behind against Real Madrid and moves closer to the La Liga title.

MADRID.- Barcelona took a big step toward securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over Real Madrid on Sunday, despite Kylian Mbappé 's hat trick in a spellbinding "Clásico."

This result gave Barça a seven-point lead over their second-place rival, with three games remaining.

A mistake by Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsí led to a penalty that opened the scoring for Mbappé, and the Frenchman added another goal on a counterattack to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.

García started Barcelona's comeback with a header off a corner in the 19th minute. Yamal equalized in the 32nd, and Raphinha scored in the 34th and 45th minutes to give Barcelona a 4-2 halftime lead in a stunning comeback.

Mbappé completed his hat trick in the 70th minute, but Madrid were unable to recover in a blow likely fatal to their hopes of successfully defending their domestic league title .

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It's worth noting that Mbappé became the league's top scorer with 27 goals, two more than Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, who didn't start.

The Catalan club has also won every match against Madrid this season. They thrashed the Santiago Bernabéu 4-0 in their first league match in October.

They also won 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final in January, and 3-2 in the Copa del Rey final last month.

The result, which all but ended Madrid's hopes of finishing the season with a title, adds pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti , who is rumored to be leaving the club to take charge of the Brazilian national team.

There are rumors that former Madrid player Xabi Alonso, who recently announced he will leave Bayer Leverkusen , will be the next Madrid manager.

Barcelona is unbeaten in 16 consecutive league matches, its last defeat coming against Atlético Madrid at the end of last year. Real Madrid, on the other hand, had won four in a row in the league .